Hubungan Status Reproduksi, Status Kesehatan, Akses Pelayanan Kesehatan dengan Komplikasi Obstetri di Banda Sakti, Lhokseumawe Tahun 2005

The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Indonesia is still high compared to other ASEAN countries. The cause of the maternal death is obstetrical complications which arise at the period of pregnancy, childbirth. The complications badly affect the maternal death. The rate of the obstetrical complications is still high in Indonesia. It is about 20% of the whole pregnant women, but the case of complications treated is still less than 10%. A variety of factors influence the occurrence of the complications. They are reproduction status, health seeking behavior service, and health status. Therefore, this study was conducted to know the factors related to the obstetrical complications. This study uses cross-sectional design. Data were collected by questionnaires. Samples are women delivering their babies alive or dead in 2005, the number of which are 220 at minimum. Before analyzing, the data were cleaned, then categorized according to the operational definition. The data were analyzed in three steps, namely univariate, bivariate, and multivariate.The results show that of out of 46,8% of obstetrical complications incidence, the complication mostly happened (12,27%) at the pregnancy and delivery and 2,27% of it happened at pregnancy and parturition. The last analysis without interaction results in five variables related to the complications. They are delivery helper OR = 4,32 (95% CI: 0,49-37,98), parity OR = 1,86 (95% CI: 0,83-4,16), attitude OR = 1,66 (0,94-2,94), pregnant complication history OR = 1,79 (95% CI: 0,83-3,83). The dominant factor is place of delivery OR = 1,18 (95% CI: 1,01-3,26). Based on the study, the incident of obstetrical complication in Banda Bakti Sub district can be decreased by training the midwives so that they have knowledge, motivation, and skill in dealing with obstetrical complications, developing PONED and PONEK, providing family planning service soon after the delivery to the women who are at risk of parity and pregnant complication history, and building partnership with midwives (helping the delivery traditionally). Key words: Reproductive status, health seeking behavior service, health status with obstetric complication